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Subj: Re: You just have to take it in the way it comes. Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 at 03:59:55 am EDT (Viewed 2 times) | Reply Subj: Re: You just have to take it in the way it comes. Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 at 09:03:13 am EDT (Viewed 586 times) | ||||||
Quote: Quote: That's a possibility (but it's not what's happened).Quote: I guess I can give up speculating on that now.Where's the fun in that? The clues are all in the text of the last three chapters (the parts of this arc). I'm playing fair. Rhiannon worked it out, although she did have the advantage of being able to corner me in the kitchen and cross-examine me. Quote: Quote: The LL are still inviting the Carnifex to join them - or lead them - at this point.Quote: I wonder why he hasn't taken the offer? If his job is to destroy the LL, the best way is from within. Even the Hooded Hood knew that.Closer ties with the LL gives them more opportunities to spot anomalies. But the real reason is that the Carnifex doesn't want a weakened, divided Legion to eventually hunt, kill, and mount on his walls. Where's the fun in that? When he comes for them it'll be with plenty of warning and a chance for them to run. Quote: For instance what would happen if he implements new rules and discipline for the LL? What happens if, say, he decides the LL should slim down and be all super powered, because everyone else is too weak and/or a liability to the team that always needs to be rescued? And the first thing he does to that effect, to make a leaner and meaner team, is fire Al B Harper, Visionary and Yuki Shiro? And then to make the team less risk-prone, ask all nonessential personnel like Anna to move out of the mansion. And then he might either recruit or boot out Lara Night, and pick up a few independent super-powered heroes...or maybe villains.That's more likely the scenario that would have panned out a few years back when Fin Fang Foom was leader and was secretly replaced by the undead Makluan Devil Doctor, had not the imposture been exposed by the return of the real Finny. In fact I've done the "double/traitor in the LL" story too often now, so I'm actively avoiding telling that story again. Quote: The point to that long paragraph is, he could destroy the Lair Legion simply by tearing apart friendships, and throwing together alliances that could cause its root members to either become completely ineffective, or simply quit. Especially if, while he's making the changes he keeps an "if you don't like it you're free to quit" strategy. It would be like the worst kind of corporate restructuring, which usually results in the death of the company.It's true that this would be an effective method against the LL, but it's not really how the Carnifex would attack. It doesn't involve enough bleeding. The Hooded Hood might look at a divide and conquer scenario when the time comes for him to destroy the Lair Legion. He could easily seperate them into factions with a simple kill/no kill choice or a save our families/save the universe decision, or even a destroy our rogue ally or doom the Earth scenario. Or he could just declare open season on superheroes and expect every villain on the planet and beyond to anihillate the Legion and anyone associated with them in the next twenty-four hours; but he wouldn't be foolish enough to expect that to work, only to keep the Legion out of his hair for a critical period. Mostly though, if and when the Hood takes down the LL (or tries to) he'd want to offer them epic, appropriate personal deaths or permanent defeats worthy of foes for whom he has immense respect.Indeed. Quote: Quote: Did we ever get an origin for her?Quote: The only origin for Faite so far is that she's "always been there". She originally came from an alternate Hatman story, but I decided to use her in the general Parodyverse. There is a possibility that the Hooded Hood retconned her existence in for a purpose, possibly to prepare for times when he's dead or incapacitated.He tends to do things like that without telling me. | |||||||
